assurednessn.
/əˈʃʊərɪdnɪs/ 1. Objective certainty; = assurance n. 6.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [noun]
mid iwissea1000
certaina1300
certaintya1340
sickerness1390
sickerty1405
sureness1419
redinessc1425
suretyc1425
surenessa1475
assurancec1485
certitude1538
constancy1563
assuredness1570
certainness1571
confirmedness1667
1570 T. Norton tr. A. Nowell Catech. (1853) 151 He continued and maintained the assuredness of his promises.
1680 H. More Apocalypsis Apocalypseos Pref. p. xiv That there may be no distrust of the assuredness of our Interpretation.
1846 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters II. 176 That which is doubtful..has strength, sinew, and assuredness, built up in it by fact.
2. Subjective certainty, certitude, confidence, trust; = assurance n. 7.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > [noun]
sickerlaika1225
sickerness?c1225
sickerheadc1250
boldness1330
certaintya1340
traistc1340
assurancec1374
certain138.
sureness1419
surancea1450
affiancec1460
certitude?a1475
resting?a1475
security1535
firmancec1540
confidence1555
assuredness1561
resolution1590
plerophory1598
reliance1606
undoubtfulness1619
positiveness1711
positivity1741
decidedness1800
positivism1842
undoubtingness1857
inexpugnability1864
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. f. 14 To fasten in their harts that assurednesse that godlinesse requireth.
a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1697) IV. i. 9 In all Faith there is..an assuredness..of the things that I do believe.
3. Self-confidence, firmness of mind, intrepidity; hardihood, audacity. Cf. assurance n. 8, 9.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > confidence > self-confidence > [noun]
sickerness?c1225
assuredness1591
assurance1594
self-confidence1604
self-reliance1668
1591 H. Savile tr. Tacitus Life Agricola in tr. Tacitus Ende of Nero: Fower Bks. Hist. 265 With an assurednesse and great grace in his countenance.
1613 E. Sackville Let. in Guardian (1713) 13 Aug. 2/1 I being verily mad with anger, the lord Bruce should thirst after my Life with a kind of Assuredness.
1647 C. Cotterell & W. Aylesbury tr. E. C. Davila Hist. Civill Warres France i. 32 To encounter with..assurednesse any opposition.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. i. 2 To give our sex a little air of vanity and assuredness at public places.
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